Saw guard



NOV. 6, 1928. I 1,690,817

' H. A. HALL SAW GUARD Filed July 26, 1927 IN YEN T05, Many A. Ha/l,

Patented Nov. 6, 1928.

' swinging cut-ofi' saw. I am aware of the fact that many guard devices have been developed HARRY LEAH 01"NEVICASILE, 1NDIANA,ASSIGNOR To THE HOOSIER MANUFAo-l TUBING COMPANY, OF NEWCASTLE, INDIANA,'A CORPORATION OF INDIANA.

- saw GUARD.

Application filed July 26,

This invention relates to means for guarding a, circular saw, and particularly to a l to prevent-the operator from accidentally coming in contact with a rapidly revolving saw, but it is the purpose of this invention to provide a guard that is extremely simple 1n operation and that does not depend upon the operation of cams or eccentrics to actuate it.

For a rapid rate of work conforming to modern high speed production methods, a-

, swinging saw is employed that is set in motion by the operator pushing or pullingthe saw from its central hanging position, whereupon the saw will continue to swing as a pendulum back and forth to cut through the lumher as presented with only aslight push or pull by the operator now Jand then to keep the saw swinging.

To properly guard such a swinging saw has presented a problem not successfully heretofore solved. My device provides a guardthat accommodates itself to the lumber to be sawed and actually covers over the for-' ward portion of the saw sothat the operator can at no timeleave his fingers in the path of the saw without their being pushed out ofthe way, and at the same time, the operation of the guard does not slow down in any way the rate of production; I V

The invention is described with reference being made to the accompanying drawing, in which Fig. 1 is a front elevation of a swinging cutoff saw with my invention applied thereto- Fig. 2, a side elevation of the saw from the saw side;

Fig. 3, a fragmentary rear elevation of the saw; and f F ig.-4, a transverse horizontal section on the line 44 in Fig. 1.. I

Like characters of reference indicate like partsthroughout the several views.

Between the two hangers 5 and 6, is hung the saw frame 7 to be free to swing therebetween. On the. lower end of the frame 7 is carried an electric motor 8, and the circular saw 9 is secured directly on the end of the motor shaft to be revolved in a vertical plane to one side of the frame 7.

The upper portion of the saw is'enclosed by 1927. Serial No. 208,564.

r hood 1O which is carried by the frame7,-an l does not change its position in relation to the saw 9.

the housing" An L-shaped arm 11 is pivotally mounted to swing freely from a point on the side of the hood 10 near its lowerrear edge by the; vertical leg 12 o l the arm, and the horizontal leg 1 extends forwardly along side of the ar1n of the saw 9 to engage one side of the guard 13. Similarly, other side of the hood 10 at a corresponding point to pass forwardly along the other side of the saw 9 to engage the other side of the guard 13.

The guard 13 is and is positioned pass freely up over and around the forward end of the hood 10 to have its sides extending U-shaped in cross-section,

alongside of the hood, as the. swung with the arms 11 and 14.

the arm let is pivoted to theby the arms 11 and 14.t0 i

guard may be" ,The usual table 15 is presented below the saw 9 on which the boardtobe cut off is placed. A back stopi l6 isprovided against, p

which the board 17 is-pushed. Secured to the stop 16 are brackets 18and 19which carry the rollers, 2Qand 21. The brackets are provided with slots so that they may beadjusted iii-vertical position by the cap'screws 22.

Referring to F 2, the saw. 9 is swung back to the position 9" asindicated by the dash line position. Inswingingback, the arms 11 and l t'are-pulled back accordinglyand they ride over. the rollers 20 and21, the height of which determine the distance the guard'13 is carried along above the table 15.

In practice, this distance is suchthat the guard practically touches the table and is only increased as the saw swings clear of the table behind so that the board may be slipped under the guard 13 against the stop 16 before the saw swings back over the table again.

As the saw 9 swings forwardly from the position 9", the guard 13 takes successive posithe solid line 2), and through the position By following these positions it will be seen that as the saw is passing through the board 17, the guard 13 is practically sliding over 'the surface 7 ahead of the saw a substantial distance, and as the saw emerges from the board 17, the guard drops down toward the table 15, with the result that at no time is the guard tions from the position 13, position (Fig. 13".

of the boardv 13 a sullicient distance above the work or table to allow the fingers of the Operator to be heiglitoi theta-ble 15 and the thickness'of the boards to'be sawed; and in somecases the support rollers and 21* are dispensed with and the arms-11 and 14 then slideover the edge oi the stop 1 6wl1ichis in such cases extended toabeve the thickness of'tlie board 17.

V'Vliilh I have here described my invention in one particular form, I-do not desire to be limited to the precise structure as shown, nor any more than; may be required by the following-claims, since it is-obvious that structural changes may be made to adapt the invention tovarious types of swinging saws witlrout departing from the spirit of the invention.

I claim t 7 1. The combination wlthra swmglng circular saw and a tableover which the saw swings, of a hood fixedover the upper portion ol? the saw to: swing with the saw, a second movable hood substantially U-shaped resting on thetable telescoping over and around the forward end ofthe fixed hood, and an arm at tachedto ea'ch side ofthe niovable hood-,each of said arms passing backwardly along the saw in relatively close proximity to thetable and thence upwardly to be pivotally attached totliei fined hood back of the axis of the saw;

2. The combination with a swinging cir cul'ar saw and a table over which the saw swings, ota' hood fixedover the upper portion of the saw to swing withthe saw, a second" movable hood substantially U-shaped resting on; the-table telescoping over and around the lation between the arms and the table during the swinging of the .saw.

3 The combination with a swinging circular saw and a table over which the saw swings, ofa hood over the upper-portion of the saw to swing with the saw; asecond lnovallle lioodsubstantially U-shaped resting on. the table telescoping over and around the forward end. of the fixed' hoochand arm attacl'i ed toeaclr side oi the movable. hood, each er said arms passing liackwardl y along the saw in relatively close proximity to the table and thence upwardly to be pivotal-li y attached to the fixed hood back ofthe axis-oi? the saw a ndiguides'carried by the table overwhi'ch the arms ride.

- The combination with aswi'nging ci'rcularsaw and a table overwliich the saw swings, of ahood fixed overthe upper pontionsof the-saw to swi ng with the saw, asecond movable hood substantially l -shaped resting on che-liabletelescoping over and around the forward end Oi the fined hood, and an arm.

attached to each side of the movable hood,

each, of said arms p'assihg'bacltwardl'y' along the sawrn relatively close proximity to the t ablhan d thence upwardly tobe-pivotally attached to thefiired-hood bacltof the axis 0% the saw; meansfor adiustably changihg'the elevati'on i of the arms inrel'at ion tothe fixed hood", and guides supported by theta-ble-over which the arms ride, said guides bei'ngjeooperatively a'dj ustabledn relation to said first adjustable means; I

In testimony whereof I mysignature.

HARRY Hart. 

